WORMWOOD SCRUBS PONY CENTRE

Registered charity 1045045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GREATER LONDON EQUESTRIAN CENTRES TRUST LIMITED

Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre teaches riding, horse care and therapy to children and young people. Many of the children are disabled and come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The children would not otherwise have the opportunity to have the experience of interacting with animals and taking part in this sport.

Objects

3.1 The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit in London and the surrounding areas:3.1.1 relieving those in need by reason of disability, ill-health, youth, age or other disadvantage, in particular but not exclusively by providing them with healthful, therapeutic and/or educational activities involving equines; and 3.1.2 advancing the education of the public in equine studies, in particular but not exclusively by providing lessons, courses and workshops in riding, equine care and stables management.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £15,714 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a previous loss. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £289,155, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' running costs, indicating strong financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 03/03/2024, 32 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02762589

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BAILEY, James John — director, appointed 19/04/2026not on trustee list
• STINGELIN, Sarah — director, appointed 06/01/2026on trustee list
• VALORI, Clare Mary Gabrielle — director, appointed 06/01/2026on trustee list
• BLACKLEY, Nichola — director, appointed 10/01/2025on trustee list
• HASSABU, Selma — director, appointed 11/03/2023on trustee list
• THOMAS, Emily — director, appointed 10/10/2021on trustee list
• WINDSOR-CLIVE, Adrienne Tasha — director, appointed 10/10/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrienne Tasha Windsor-Clive
• Clare Valori
• Emily Thomas
• James Bailey
• Nichola Blackley
• SARAH JANE STINGELIN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Selma Hassabu · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCROPTON RIDING FOR THE DISABLED CENTRE.

• SCROPTON RIDING FOR THE DISABLED CENTRE income £340k
• THE PONY CLUB income £13.8m
• WELSH PONY AND COB SOCIETY income £661k
• GREATWOOD CHARITY LIMITED income £851k
• ARROW RIDING CENTRE FOR DISABLED income £207k
• THE NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY income £669k

Side by side with its peers

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